Using Clickers In A Station Setting

Stations around the classroom aren't just for science teachers anymore! Our daughter's 1st grade class spends some time in stations almost daily. Using clickers in a station setting is a great way to assess, review, motivate, or hold students accountable for station work.

At one of our recent trainings, trainees participated in a station setting involving clickers. Five stations were set up around the lab, with 2 questions at each station. Each group moved from station to station answering the questions on their clickers.

This would work fantastic in a science lab setting where organisms might need to be identified. When I taught high school zoology, as well as aquatic science, we often did our tests in this way. Almost all of my college lab tests were set up in this manner. Clickers would have come in so handy!

However, this isn't a technique that is unique to a science classroom. Stations give students a chance to get up and do something different from the norm.

Believe it or not, I think it would even work during 1st grade stations. When students are left on their own to complete a specific task as their station, clickers can hold them accountable for using their station time wisely.

Granted, just like any of your other classroom procedures, your students will have to be "trained" to pay attention to the question numbers on their answer sheet. It is just a good practice to have them answer on their answer sheet and also enter their answer into the clicker before leaving the station.

This activity can be done with the CPS RF remotes as explained above. However, you also can use the CPS IR remotes by having students complete the lab on paper. At the end of the lab, using the Teacher-Led SMA Mode, students can log their answers with the teacher leading them, one question at a time.

Feel free to Download a generic 5-station, 10-question answer sheet for use during your clicker station quizzes!

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